Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-30
QUEER EMPlOYMENTS.
Some Novel Ways of Earning Daily



Special Corr-Spondence
NEW YoRK. July 25-l have written be
fore of the queer WAYS Of earning liveli-
hood in this city. \ celebrated literary
woman has SAID: There is something in New
York for everybody within il to do if they
can only find II" Ave. if they can only find
it, One serious draw back Is they often s:arve
TO death before they iind il The wise find it
because they make IT. They never would
find it if they went into the overflow chan
nels of industry where all others 90. Our work
and fortune, like our happiness are within
ourselves. They who look within 10 see hat
they are capable OF doing or what they can
do that nobody else l. dong. instead Of nuut-
iLg without for chance to do something that
everybody else Il doing. will succeed. This
is what starts new business, new inventions,
new productions
A little boy earns his living by picking up
the oats dropped by the horses Of the mail
wagons when they eat. Every day at noon
h. can lie seen prowiing about the north side
of the poStoftice. with pag on his arm and
little shovel IN his hand. When horse has
finished his meal the boy scrapes up the oats.
shovels them into his lag and sells them to a
man who keeps pigeons. Even in this humble
and peculiarly original occupation he has
competition. The sIarr"wS s"oOp down upon
his precious merchandise before he can pick
il all up. and he and tney have il nip and
tuck every day.
There are Men who keep hotels for house.
bold pets for dogs and birds ami cats. Only
the other dav heard of lady who pays 81.
a month for parrots hoard. There are alsc
pet feeders They have a regular list OF
houses to which they go daily and look after
the well being Of shes and other creatures in
the aquarium. the birds and all the rest of
the helpless captive.. Women who dre,s
dolls sometimes earn enough To live quite
comfortably. | know a teacher in the public
schools who. knowing that there is all end tc
everything. even to Il situation, determined
10 make herself independent Cf school boards
She decided that something to really b-aujiiv
or preserve tine beauty uf womankimd was
most likely TO flourish without decline 20
she decided on treating the hair scientifically
To this end she took up the study of the hair ana
scalp and now bas out conspicuous sLingle
on a busy thorOughfare. announcing herself
as a cRpillingiSt And as for custom she gets
it. and get more all th.. time In the sum
mer she goes to Newport snti treats the hair
of the rich at good round figure and comes
back with $500 in her purse But she draws
the line ON men A California bonanza man
offel ed her slOO TO treat his head Just once,
and she would not do it. From a business
point OF view this is drawing a fine diStinc-
ton. since she could train Young man as all
assistant and gather in the California gold #
she would.
One old woman sells court plaster in the
Awn town offices. She gets her entire Gus
tom from men They like TO lie prepared for
black eye or cut inger emergencies. A good
looking young Turk sell, Turkish candy in
the down town districts. Here and there a
.mender" may be found He is generally All
elderly person with genius for tinkering
He repairs everything, from the wheel of "a
pl;,nchette toihe ornament on the top of u
,arasol Some women mend clothes, but 1t Is
difficult 10 find tuem. or course there are
dozens of street merchants who sell
diniinutive bears ami baboons and cotton
flannel elephants. Inv.sltors OF chill
aren's TOYS sometimes DO we'll. Lace clean
srs and fan members keep tolerably busy
Whoever hits upon doing some necessary
:hing and doing il well, will get on. One
great trouble everyw here is inefficiency
Many sttemut to do what they cannot do
we'll In tue bnmble employments in this
city inefficiency is the rule rather than the
exception q. u.